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Cooper's trussing adze
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/coopers-trussing-adze?lang=nl>
Coping saw
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/coping-saw?lang=nl>
Coring hook
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/coring-hook?lang=nl>
Cork borer
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/cork-borer?lang=nl>
Cork cutter sharpener
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/cork-cutter-sharpener?lang=nl>
Cork driver
Monoxile hand tool with a flat, often oval-shaped part that is tapped. It
has a straight handle - distinguishable from the laundry beater - for
knocking the cork into the bottle. Bottles can also be corked with a
corking machine. [MOT]
Cork puller
When a bottle is uncorked and the cork accidentally ends up in the bottle,
it can easily be removed with a cork puller. It consists of three long,
narrow metal wires that are bent at the end and with which the cork can be
grasped and pulled out of the bottle. [MOT]
Cork screw
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/cork-screw?lang=nl>
Cork squeezer
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/cork-squeezer?lang=nl>
Corking machine
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/corking-machine?lang=nl>
Corner brace
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/corner-brace?lang=nl>
Corner-rounding plane (Japanese)
The Japanese corner-rounding plane (1). (1) ODATE: 118.
Cotton hook
Hand tool that can be used to move bales. It may be a metal S-shaped hook
(approx. 20 cm long; approx. 300 gr) with a wooden T-shaped handle, similar
to the wood hook and the box hook. It can also be a double crochet. See
also this cargo hook. [MOT]
Counter punch
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/counter-punch?lang=nl>
Crandall hammer
Hand tool of a stonecutter to hammer away the irregularities on a hard
stone face. It is composed of a number of pointed irons, held together in a
bracket with a locking wedge. The handle can be wood or metal. Since the
irons are easily exchangeable, they can be individually sharpened or
forged. This hand tool is no longer actively used. (1) See also the bush
hammer. [MOT] (1) Due to the excessive dust formation, it would already be
prohibited in the Netherlands in 1921. See JANSE 1997: 26.
Crate axe
Some bulky or fragile goods are transported in wooden crates. Sometimes a
nail extractor, but usually a crowbar is used to open them. The latter is
sometimes combined with an ax and a hammer; it then becomes a crate ax.
There are several models of that composite tool. In general, it is made
entirely of iron and weighs 0.4-0.8 kg. The handle continues above the ax
and the hammer; he forms a crowbar there. Sometimes a drop-shaped hole is
drilled in the stem or a notch in the blade of the ax to pull out long
nails. [MOT]
Creasing iron
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/creasing-iron?lang=nl>
Crepe spreader
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/crepe-spreader?lang=nl>
Crinkle cutter
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/crinkle-cutter?lang=nl>
Crippling board
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/crippling-board?lang=nl>
Croque-monsieur iron
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/croque-monsieur-iron?lang=nl>
Croquette press
Kitchen appliance with which you can press croquettes. It has a cylindrical
or square, usually plastic housing with one or more tubular projections at
the bottom and a rotating crank or rod that acts as a lever. The croquette
press is filled with mashed potatoes and with the help of the crank or rod
a plate is pushed downwards, the mashed dough presses through the tubular
projection. In this way a long sausage shape is formed, which is then cut
into smaller pieces - the size of one croquette. On some models there is a
carrying board on wheels that is slid under the press and on which the
pressed croquettes end up. [MOT]
Crow bar
The crow bar is a metal round or flat bar of approx. 25-105 cm, with a
slightly curved split end, the claw, to pull out nails. The internal edges
of the slit are usually chamfered for easier nail grasping. The bottom end
of some large models is curved C-shaped to pull out longer nails. The other
end of the crow bar is often forged flat to break open boxes. The Japanese
crowbar (Japanese: kajiya) differs in shape from the western model. It has
two right-angle claws. On the curved side there is a flat striking surface
on which one can hit with the hammer. To remove nails, the upholsterer and
shoemaker use a small crow bar, the pin lifter with wooden handle. The
furrier uses a comb-shaped tool. The crow bar can be distinguished from the
handspike and the pinch bar. See also crate axe.
Crow wheel
The crow wheel is a shoemaker's tool (approx. 12-14 cm) that consists of a
small (approx. 1 cm diameter; a few millimeters wide) wheel with a motif
that is fixed in a copper U-shaped bracket and a wooden handle. After it
has warmed up, it is rolled over the center of the shoe sole to create a
decorative line pattern there. [MOT]
Crown drill
Crown saw auger
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/crown-saw-auger?lang=nl>
Crucible tongs
Crucible tongs are metal tongs with relatively long arms (approx. 10-40 cm)
and convex curved jaws, with which the melting pot can be removed from the
fire. Large versions of crucible tongs are also used in founding metals
like bronze to pour the molten metal into the mould. These tools are 2 to 4
meters long and must be handled with two people (1). [MOT] (1) One also
speaks of 'foundry ladle' or 'bull ladle'. See SELLENS, 270.
Crumb scraper
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/crumb-scraper?lang=nl>
Crumb tray
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/crumb-tray?lang=nl>
Curd harp
Curd harp to stir the cheese curd to become dryer after it has been cut
with the curd knife. For a desciption of this tool, see the dutch version
of this tool page. [MOT]
Curd knife
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/curd-knife?lang=nl>
Curling iron
Monoxile stick tapering towards the end with a straight handle (approx. 30
cm) - distinguishable from the glove stick - intended for applying
corkscrew curls in the hair. After a first shaping of the lock with a
curling iron, it is curled and turned around the curling stick. The strand
twisted around the stick is brushed, from top to bottom and in the same
direction. When the curling stick is pulled out of the hair, the lock is
turned into a pipe curl. [MOT]
Currycomb
A currycomb is used to clean a horse or cow. The coarse dried dirt can be
gently scraped off the skin with it. The currycomb also opens the sweat
holes of the horse skin (1). The currycomb consists of a metal plate with
two to eight rows of short (approx. 3 mm) blunt teeth and a handle (approx.
10 cm) or strap for putting the hand through. The working part can have
different shapes. For example, it can consist of serrated plates that are
mounted parallel in a wooden or to an iron plate or frame (approx. 15 by 10
cm). It can also be a semi-cylindrical plate, where both sides are
serrated, or consist of different serrated rings that are mounted on a
plate or crossbar. Nowadays a rubber disc with studs is also used. The
currycomb can be combined with a mane comb, the blunt teeth of which are
much longer. Distinguished from the soft horse brush, used to clean and
smooth the horse's short hair. [MOT]
Curve plane
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/curve-plane?lang=nl>
Curved knife
The curved knife of a basket maker is very similar to the pruning knife but
with a fixed and usually shorter (5-8 cm) blade. It is used just like the
pruning knife by the basketmaker to cut a twig (1) (see also pruning
shears); by the plumber and roofer to cut lead sheets (2); by the saddler
to cut out leather. A curved knife is also used for cutting oilcloths. See
also the linocutter and pocket knife. [MOT] (1) A basket maker's cleaver
cut in the suture of the curved knife is exceptional (BOUCARD: 81). (2)
Also called plumber's knife or lead knife (VAN HOUCKE 1901-1902: 450). It
is usually a folding knife.
Cutting board
Vegetables are finely chopped on a chopping board with a chopping knife. It
consists of a rectangular or trapezoidal shelf with three raised edges, so
that the cut food stays in place. In the modern kitchen, this chopping
board has often been replaced by a chopping board without raised edges. See
also chopping block. [MOT]
Cutting gauge
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/381?lang=nl>
Cutting mould (square paving-tile maker)
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/cutting-mould-square-paving-tile-maker?lang=nl>
Daisymaker
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/daisymaker?lang=nl>
Dancing master calliper
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/dancing-master-calliper?lang=nl>
Darner
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/darner?lang=nl>
Darning hoop
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/darning-hoop?lang=nl>
Darning tool
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/1180?lang=nl>
Decorator's tongs
Decorator's tongs are a composite tool to be able to perform as many
operations as possible with one tool. These pliers consist of carpenter's
pincers, fitter's pliers, wire cutting pliers, a hammer, an axe, a crow bar
and a screwdriver. [MOT]
Detonating cord crimper
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/detonating-cord-crimper?lang=nl>
Diamond cleaver
The cleaver splits the diamond crystal with this knife. It is made of steel
and can be of different sizes and weights. It is rectangular in shape,
approx. 3 by 10 cm, and weighs approx. 70 gr. The blade should not be sharp
as it should split and not cut. Before splitting, a cut is made in the
stone with a sharp diamond or laser. The notch must be V-shaped. Then the
cleaver is placed against one of the sloping sides of the kerf. With the
splitter hammer, an iron bar of 20 to 30 cm or a wooden hammer, you give a
short blow to the cleaver to divide the stone into two pieces. The aim is
to give the rough diamond a good shape, so that it can then be sawn and /
or cut. [MOT]
Diamond mortar
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/diamond-mortar?lang=nl>
Diamond sieve
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/diamond-sieve?lang=nl>
Dibble
This text can only be consulted in Dutch
<https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/dibble?lang=nl>
Digging fork
A digging fork is used to work or crumble stony or strongly cohesive (clay)
soil and to dig in manure. In the (vegetable) garden, unlike the garden
spade, the roots of the plant are less damaged when transplanting with the
digging fork. For the same reason, the gardener also prefers this tool for
sticking out creepers and shrubs. A slightly wider and longer fork is used
as a potato lifting fork. See also the little digging fork. [MOT]